Quotes by Mary Macleod

“I think when life gets heavy, people look for an escape. “The Love Boat” is an escape. We have happy endings. You don't see many of those around. I think it gave people a vicarious adventure.””

“You will need money in the beginning. How much do you have in London? Can we use your diamonds as security?””

“My father continues to press me to return to Sweden and abandon everything, but I will never do so. I am absolutely determined, nothing in the world could persuade me to abandon you.””

“Adieu, I am all yours.””

“Could any mother amongst us even contemplate such actions? I appeal to all mothers here.””

“There is a legend which claims that the call of the curlew aids the spirits of the dying to leave the body and travel to the next world.””

“If you see me leaving this palace, you have my permission to nail me to the wall.””

“They were usually perfectly happy in the family home, in which they might well have been born. But they were often a danger to themselves with regard to fire, falls, electricity, and sudden illness. So, was it better to leave them where they were, happy but in danger, or insist on removing them to some sort of care, where they might be physically safe but quite possibly miserable? The eternal problem.””

“and because of the uncertain telephone communication she felt that she might not even hear if Katy arrived safely or how she progressed. I””

“Scientists can explain the aurora borealis if they wish, but they cannot take away its impact on an individual’s consciousness. What we know and what we feel do not always coincide.””

“when it was announced that the outgoing steamer would be 30 minutes late departing, an impatient visitor was complaining loud and long until Angus got tired of his grumbles. ‘Ach, haud your wheesht, man. It’ll no take you long to wait half an hour!’ Celtic logic, perhaps? SEVEN A castle and a corpus So Hogmanay approached. I was not looking forward to the””

“droppings. I looked around, trying to imagine where””

“out the clootie dumpling, cakes, and oat biscuits, while the men, bearing the earthly remains of the old man,””

“Betty White's Sue Ann Nivens was classic... She had done so much with that man-crazy character! Betty made every moment count. She still does. I've declared her an American treasure, because she is just that.””